Glen Boyd will serve as grand marshal of Krewe of Lul in Luling

Glen Boyd, a native of Boutte and graduate of Hahnville High School, will serve as grand marshal of the 2013 Krewe of Lul Mardi Gras parade Feb. 7 through Luling. Boyd’s reign was cut short for the past two years because of rain.

Glen Boyd

Boyd last participated in the Krewe of Lul when he led the Hahnville High Schoolmarching band as drum major.

“It’s a huge honor to go back home for the parade,” Boyd said. “I marched in that same parade. Life goes full circle.”

Boyd, aA former reporter/anchor at WGNO-26 television, is a member of Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand’s executive staff as a public information officers.

Boyd, a 1984 graduate of Nicholls State University in Thibodaux worked in Houston, Baton Rouge, Montgomery, Ala., Lafayette and and Biloxi.

Boyd is married to Nancy Parker, an anchor with WVUE-TV, and they have three children, Parker Coleman Boyd and twins Piper and Pierce Boyd. The Boyds live in Gretna.